>>96020841
create some generic character profiles for different people you could encounter (police, workers, gangsters, hobos, etc) and then just fill in the unique parts as you go.

so it could be like:

they encounter a Police template 3. he introduces himself as James, so you write James - Police template 3 on a piece of paper if you want to reuse James and then under it you just add any additional information that comes up. so if you throw out that James has a dog then you add has dog under his name. this way you can create a lot of NPCs really quickly and keep track of them.

if officer James becomes notable enough or takes enough space in the chronicle then you can upgrade him into major NPC status and give him his own character sheet and story